“Just kidding. I was able to talk things out, thanks to that.”
“. . .Were you the type to make jokes like that in the first place?”
Even if I didn’t show it, I had been in quite a difficult situation, so I just wanted to get back at her a little.
Only then did Grace relax and pat my back as if to say good job.
“She does that sometimes normally, but it was especially bad this time. . . . . . . I really wondered what would happen.”
“Yeah, I didn’t realize she had that much to worry about.”
“It’s okay though. No matter what, Sophie can’t stand being lonely.”
In the end, it meant that she wouldn’t have been able to leave the academy, where her peers were.
“Anyway, thanks for helping me today. I’ll repay you someday if I get the chance.”
Grace left those words behind and headed to the residence where Sophia was.
Thinking that a long-time friend was indeed a friend, I returned to the academy.
And then.
“I’m sure you said this evening. . . . . . .”
“. . .Ah.”
Having completely forgotten about my promise due to the unexpected situation, I had to desperately appease Cheong Juhwa, who was waiting for me in front of the dormitory with an angry expression.
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The day after I unintentionally ended up being Sophia’s agony aunt, it was the weekend, and I was walking around downtown outside the academy with Cheong Juhwa.
“Today, you have to do whatever I say.”
“I got it. Yesterday was really my bad.”
“. . .Yes. Well, I’m over it now.”
Cheong Juhwa, who was wearing quite active clothing like usual, headed straight for the movie theater without any hesitation.
“Two of those, please.”
“Yes. Thank you. Enjoy the movie.”
I bought some popcorn and cola, then took the tickets I had reserved after making a hasty appointment yesterday and sat down in the designated seats together.
The movie she had chosen was a zombie blockbuster, a common favorite all over the world.
“It was just okay.”
“I thought it was surprisingly refreshing.”
“. . .What part, exactly?”
Seeing ordinary citizens fighting zombies with talismans instead of wooden clubs or iron pipes gave me a strange B-movie vibe that made it impossible to get bored.
Cheong Juhwa gave me a strange look and immediately led me to the game center inside the movie theater.
“How about we make a bet? The loser has to do one thing the winner says.”
“You’ll regret it.”
“Says who? Pick anything you want.”
However, I shook my head at Cheong Juhwa’s words and declined to choose.
“. . .Just to let you know in advance, I know how to do everything here?”
Cheong Juhwa smiled as if to say that was ridiculous, and soon found a keyboard rhythm game at the far end and inserted a coin.
Click.
Ding!
A very manic choice, but there was one fact that Cheong Juhwa did not know.
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“What do you think? Can’t beat me, can you?”
My favorite game was none other than the exorcism series, but in fact, I was good at most games, regardless of genre.
Quite good, at that.
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“My hands are a bit rusty since it’s been a while.”
“. . . . . . .”
In fact, even that was a lie. To be honest, I had just purposely gotten one wrong.
「𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝.」
Of course, just because my appearance had changed a bit didn’t mean I wouldn’t be able to do something I could do before.
Cheong Juhwa stared at the scoreboard with a look of disbelief, then soon challenged me again without backing down.
“L-Let’s do one more round with something different.”
Fighting games, shooting games, darts.
We went through most of the machines in the game center, but the result didn’t change.
It was simply my overwhelming victory.
“Is this for real? Did you just eat, sleep, and play games?”
“. . .Once upon a time?”
In the end, Cheong Juhwa gave up and finally headed outside the building.
However, it seemed that her competitive spirit had been ignited.
“I can’t go back until I win at least one thing.”
After that, we went bowling, played table tennis, and even hit some batting balls, but Cheong Juhwa was unable to claim victory.
Cheong Juhwa, who had fallen into a state of exhaustion, asked me as if it was unfair.
“. . .What on earth can’t you do?”
“Aside from things I’m good at.”
To be honest, what kind of games could you even find in a downtown area like this?
I was already familiar with all of them, so it didn’t matter what she picked.
That said, it wasn’t in my nature to purposely lose.
“Ugh, you’re so annoying. Really.”
However, there was one thing that even I couldn’t do.
I had never seen this strange game of finding the wrong talisman in my life.
“Game over! I won this time.”
“. . . . . . .”
“Now you have to do one thing I ask you to do.”
“So you’re going to do twelve things?”
“Yes. I will, you know.”
Cheong Juhwa, who had spent her time wisely until the sun began to set, returned to the academy with me, smiling in satisfaction.
“It’s nice to walk around like this once in a while.”
“. . .Then go hang out with some of the first years instead of me.”
“Oh, stop nagging. Did you pick that up from meeting my grandmother?”
Cheong Juhwa, who had been grumbling, moved a bit closer to me and spoke again.
“Can you take out Sori-soe for me? I want to hold him after such a long time.”
“. . .If you call him that for one more reason, I’m going on strike.”
Even if my soul was immortal, it was still withering away, so that was absolutely impossible.
Instead, I took out Black Yin and placed him on my shoulder.
『Creak.』
“He looks so dignified too. Does he take after his master?”
“. . . . . . .”
“Or maybe you pay attention to those things when you make shikigami?”
To be honest, it wasn’t like I didn’t think about those things at all. Well, any player would.
Black Yin, who had been enjoying Cheong Juhwa’s touch for a while, soon returned to the shadows at my command.
It was already October. Although winter hadn’t properly arrived yet, the second break wasn’t that far away if you thought about it.
「𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.」
So it probably wasn’t a bad choice to enjoy the present moment.
With that thought in mind, I looked up at the stars in the night sky with Cheong Juhwa.
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